The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.

Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.

The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.

Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

All social interactions require some loss of freedom.

More tears rushed from the depths of her tortured soul. ... The losses piled up.

List down all your distractions, all your addictions, all your hang-ups, and all your toxic relationships. Then cut them out of your life so you can finally move forward.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

You can't look at what's looking. You can't think about that which is prior to thought.

I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s.

Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.

The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

History is that which is agreed upon by mutual consent.